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Congress Debates Unity - July 25, 1775

Congress Debates Unity - July 25, 1775

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While Washington’s army entrenches outside Boston, the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia faces a different kind of battle—one for unity. Some delegates push for reconciliation, others see war as inevitable. Within days, Congress sends two very different messages: the Olive Branch Petition, a final plea to King George III for peace, and the Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, a defiant justification for resistance.

In this episode of The American Legacy Podcast, host Jeff Robe takes listeners inside the debates, personalities, and contradictions of a Congress not yet ready for independence but already acting like a government. Meet John Dickinson, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin as they wrestle with questions of loyalty, liberty, and survival.

Season 1 of The American Legacy follows the road to 1776, leading us toward the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.
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